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White Lines in Rose City
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Coffee With Friends
A conversation on craft between McCrae, Call, Jauss, McMurtry, and me
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White Lines in Rose City
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When Ashes Remain
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Good Bits are Always Better
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This Year in Reading
A review of the books I read in 2024 and a few that you should read in 2025.
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Lame girl
a story by J. Aaron Courts
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Gleaned from nomads
A Vermont College of Fine Arts first semester experience at their summer residency
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